lickety split

lickety split
Synonyms and related words:
amain, apace, at flank speed, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, hell for leather, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, in double time, in double-quick time, in high, in high gear, in seven-league boots, lickety-cut, on the double, post, posthaste, promptly, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, speedily, swiftly, trippingly, under forced draft, whip and spur, with all haste, with giant strides, with rapid strides, with speed

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • lickety-split — • lickety split • lickety cut adv informal At full speed; with a rush. As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety split to the swimming pool …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lickety-split — 1852, Amer.Eng. (earlier lickety cut, lickety click, and simply licketie, 1817), from LICK (Cf. lick) (n.1) in dialectal sense very fast sprint in a race (1809) on the notion of a lick as a fast thing (Cf. blink) …   Etymology dictionary

  • lickety-split — ☆ lickety split [lik′ə tē split′ ] adv. [fanciful formation based on LICK, n. 4c] Informal at great speed …   English World dictionary

  • lickety-split — adv. colloq. at full speed; headlong. Etymology: prob. f. LICK (cf. at full lick) + SPLIT * * * lickety split 7 [ˌlɪkəti ˈsplɪt] [ˌlɪkəti ˈsplɪt] adverb (NAmE …   Useful english dictionary

  • lickety-split — [likidi”split] mod. very fast. □ They ran across the field lickety split. □ We were there lickety split in my new car …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • lickety-split — /lik i tee split /, adv. Informal. at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety split. [1835 45, Amer.; perh. dial. licket rag (for wiping in haste, with one lick) + Y1 + SPLIT, as in split second] * * * …   Universalium

  • lickety-split — also[lickety cut] {adv.}, {informal} At full speed; with a rush. * /As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety split to the swimming pool./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lickety-split — also[lickety cut] {adv.}, {informal} At full speed; with a rush. * /As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety split to the swimming pool./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lickety split — adverb without delay she tackled the job lickety split • Syn: ↑lickety cut …   Useful english dictionary

  • lickety-split — lick′e•ty split′ [[t]ˈlɪk ɪ ti[/t]] adv. Informal. inf at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety split[/ex] • Etymology: 1835–45, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • lickety-split — adverb Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order. At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety split …   Wiktionary

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